Gun-cleaner attachment.



J. F. KITCHEN.

GUN CLEANER ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 19|?.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Clttoznu STA PATENT E JoHN E. KITCHEN, or. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GUN-CLEANER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters .Patent Patented Aug. 14, i

1 Application led March 23, 1917. Serial No. 156,876.

l To all whom it may conoem:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. KITCHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of .an operating handle, comprising a suitable rod or stafl'` which may be cut by the gunner in the field.

Another object of this invention is to pro-V vide in combination with any one of the attachable gun cleaning units, suitable hand holding means while the stati' is being attached for use.

With these and other objects in view, the

' present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1, is a side eleva,- tion, partl in section, showing the device, with one orm of cleaner attached thereto.

Fig. 2, shows the device in section with another form of cleaner in vertical elevation.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged longitudinal section of the device. Y

Like characters of' reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention, I provide a tubular form of, preferably, noncorrosive metal which I shall designate as a'union. This union 1, has one end provided with a comparatively small L screw threaded socket 5, for the reception of the stem 9, of a well known form of gun-cleaner, and its opposite end is provided with a larger screw threaded socket 2, for the reception of the wooden rod or staf 10. The

threads 3 of the socket 2 being formed with a relatively sharp pitch, to facilitate penetrating the wood comprising the rod 10.

Passing through the union 1, at right angles thereof, is an aperture 7, having screw threads 8, therein, of the same diameter and pitch as the threads in socket 5, to enable it to receive the screw threaded stems of the various standard cleaners, as shown in Fig. 2. 1

One of the essential features of this in-A vention, resides in its adaptability to be at'- tached without the use of tools, to a cleaning rod formed from a sapling, or limb of a tree, cut by the gunner in the field, thereby eliminating the necessity of carrying a cleaning rod on gunning expeditions, and in so using the device, a rod 10 is prepared from any suitable wood and is adapted to f be threaded into the socket 2. In this 'op` eration, for the purpose of providing means for better holding the union 1, I insert into the aperture 7, of the union 1, the well lmown form of cleaner 12, asshown in Fig. 2. This affords a suitable hand holding means to maintain the union 1, from turning while the rod 10, is being screwed into Athe socket 2. In case the rod 10, should by accident become broken off short within the socket 2, leaving insuliicient projection for unscrewin the same, the union 1 can be heated su ciently to burn out the short end of the rod 10, without injury to the union 1.

From the foregoing description, the use of my invention will be easily understood by those skilled in the art. t

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A gun cleaning devicel comprising a union having two screw threaded sockets in axial relation, a solid core portion intermediate of said sockets, and a screw threaded aperture passing transversely through the core portion.

2. A gun cleaning device comprising a union having two screw'threaded sockets of different diameters in axial relation, a solid core portion intermediate of said sockets, and a screw threaded aperture passing transversely through the core portion.

8. A gun cleaning attachment comprising a union having two screw threaded sockets in axial relation, adapted to connect a cleanling swab with an operative handle, and detachable means for holding the union against turning while attaching said operati've handle, substantially as described.

4. In a gun cleaning device the combination of a cleaning swab with means of attaching a temporary operating handle to said swab, comprising a union having screw "threaded end sockets in axial relation, and a screw threaded aperture transversely therethrough.

5. A gun cleaning device comprising a union adapted to connect a cleaning swab with an operative handle having screw threaded end sockets, a solid core portion 'intermediate of said sockets and a screw 15 JOI-IN F. KITCHEN.

Witnesses:

W. S. CARROLL, l DORMAN WEAVER. 

